Ashley Jacobs is a farmer in the central Wheatbelt region and endured a gruelling 24 hours when bushfires ravaged two-thirds of his family farm.

The Corrigin farmer is also a local volunteer firefighter and said the farm has been in the family for 111 years.

Mr Jacobs was called to a fire 20 kilometres from his farm but soon realised that it was encroaching on his land.

Ashley Jacobs is a farmer in the central Wheatbelt region and endured a gruelling 24 hours when bushfires ravaged two-thirds of his family farm.
The Corrigin farmer is also a local volunteer firefighter and said the farm has been in the family for 111 years.
Mr Jacobs was called to a fire 20 kilometres from his farm but soon realised that it was encroaching on his land.

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